These movies will all be so different. Rian Johnson is a friend of mine, he’s going to make some weird thing.

— Lawrence Kasdan

If you’ve seen Rian’s work, you know it’s not going be like anything that’s ever been in Star Wars. You couldn’t have three more different people than J.J., Rian and Colin.

— Lawrence Kasdan

Lawrence goes on to say that Looper had a profound effect on him, and I agree/ if not for Looper I'd have little interest in Rian Johnson who's previous film Brick was a little to left field for me to be able to get into. Looper proved the guy can do complex and offbeat filmmaking with the best of them, and there were some pretty dark tones in Looper, which will be perfect for a middle chapter Star Wars movie.

Epsiode VIII starts principal photography in January (which is just days away folks!) so expect a sudden influx of rumours and leaks right here on TalkStarWars.co.uk.